Multiplying Fractions Answers

What is the difference of the fractions? Use the number line and equivalent fractions to help find the answer.

Shelly has a beaker that contains fluid ounces of water. She pours out fluid ounces of water. Which expression can be used to find the number of fluid ounces of water that remain in the beaker?

A submarine hovers at yards below sea level. If it ascends yards and then descends yards, what is the submarine’s new position, in yards, with respect to sea level?

Carlos biked miles on Saturday and miles on Sunday. On which day did he ride further and by how much?

Patel squeezed oranges so that his family could have fresh-squeezed juice for breakfast. He squeezed cups from the first orange, cups from the second orange, cups from the third orange, cups from the fourth orange, and cups from the fifth orange. Patel estimates that he needs 3 cups of orange juice for his family. About how much more orange juice does he need to reach his estimate?

A diver dives yards and then comes back to the surface. Then, she dives yards deeper than her first dive. What is her depth, in yards, in relation to the surface of the water?

Liam had a container of oatmeal that contained cups of oatmeal. Liam ate cup of oatmeal every morning before school for a week. Which is the best estimate of the number of cups of oatmeal that Liam had left in the container at the end of the five-day week?

Cindy and Giovanni plan to make spaghetti sauce. Cindy needs pounds of tomatoes for her recipe. Giovanni needs pounds of tomatoes for his recipe. If they make both recipes, how many pounds of tomatoes do they need?

What is the sum of the fractions? Use the number line to help find the answer.

Alexia ran three laps around her neighborhood. Each lap is miles. Which is the best estimate of the number of miles that Alexia ran?